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Bill: Ciborowskan Law on Referendums
Details
Submitted by[?]: Republikańska Lewica - Wstań
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: September 4647
Description[?]:
| Senators, Our political system will be greatly enhanced by the introduction of formal procedures for the initiation and conduct of referendums. Given that the Republic does not yet have such procedures, we propose their establishment under the suggestions issued by the governing party. With the passing of this bill the following proposals shall be implemented and shall become part of Valruzia's constitution: I. Referendums (from now on known as "Plebiscyt" or "Plebiscyty") shall be recognized as an official source of legislation. II. Plebiscyty can be initiated by the Chancellor, the Sejm, or by the citizens. III. In order to be valid a Plebiscyt must reach a quorum of at least 50% of all registered voters and must pass with a simple (50%) majority of those that vote. IV. Chancelloral Plebiscyty a. Plebiscyty initiated by the Chancellor shall be known as Chancelloral Plebiscyty. b. The Chancellor may initiate a Plebiscyt after informing the Sejm (OOC: a bill in the debate stage is needed to track the referendum; all parties should provide the percentage of their voters that will vote for each of the referendum's options; if not all parties provide their percentages until the referendum takes place the player controlling the President can determine the missing percentages). c. A Chancelloral Plebiscyt may be organized on any topic, but may not contradict the rights and freedoms of Valruzian citizens as established by the Bill of Rights of the Republic. d. As an act of secondary legislation, a Chancelloral Plebiscyt is subject to judicial review by the Supreme Court and may be overturned if found to be in violation of the Constitution or international treaties. e. A Chancelloral Plebiscyt shall not carry the force of law until it is implemented as legislation by the Sejm. The Sejm is not obliged to implement the results of the Plebiscyt into law. f. A Chancelloral Plebiscyt must be organized concurrently with the first general election after the initiation of the Plebiscyt. Should a general election take place less than a year after the initiation of the Plebiscyt, the Plebiscyt shall be organized concurrently with the following general election. V. Sejm Plebiscyty a. Plebiscyty initiated by the Sejm shall be known as Sejm Plebiscyty. b. Any Senator may propose the initiation of a Plebiscyt. A simple (50%) majority of the Sejm must vote in favor of the organization of the Plebiscyt. The Senator proposing the Plebiscyt is responsible for overseeing its organization and its results (OOC: a bill in the debate stage is needed to track the referendum; all parties should provide the percentage of their voters that will vote for each of the referendum's options; if not all parties provide their percentages until the referendum takes place the player controlling the Senator that initiated the referendum can determine the missing percentages). c. A Sejm Plebiscyt can be organized on any topic. d. As an act of primary legislation a Sejm Plebiscyt shall be subject to judicial review by the Supreme Court and may be overturned, should the Plebiscyt be found to violate the Constitution or international treaties, the Supreme Court may issue a declaration of incompatibility. The Sejm shall have the ability to accept the Court's ruling or reject it and amend the text of the Plebiscyt. e. A Sejm Plebiscyt shall not carry the force of law until it is implemented as legislation by the Sejm. The Sejm is not obliged to implement the results of the Plebiscyt into law. f. A Sejm Plebiscyt must be organized concurrently with the first general election after the initiation of the Plebiscyt. Should a general election take place less than a year after the initiation of the Plebiscyt, the Plebiscyt shall be organized concurrently with the following general election. VI. Popular Plebiscyty a. Plebiscyty initiated by the citizens shall be known as Popular Plebiscyty. b. The Sejm is obliged to organize a Popular Plebiscyt if valid signatures of 5% of all registered voters are collected within 18 months. c. A Popular Plebiscyt may not contradict the Constitution, international treaties, or the existing primary legislation passed by the Sejm (OOC: so basically a popular referendum covers laws that are not part of the game system; these referendums don't need to be RPd and no bill tracking them is necessary). d. Popular Plebiscyty are subject to judicial review by the Supreme Court and may be overturned if found to be in conflict with the Constitution, international treaties, or primary legislation passed by the Sejm. e. A Popular Plebiscyt may be organized at any point within 18 months from its initiation and need not coincide with a general election. f. A Popular Plebiscyt carries force of law and can only be amended or repealed by a subsequent Popular Plebiscyt or an act of the Sejm. Maja Ciborowska, President of Valruzia OOC: This is a constitutional RP Law, as governed by Section 6.e. of the Game Rules (http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8088). This bill introduces three types of referendums, initiated by the Head of State, the legislative, or the population. Only the former two need to be RPd. So as not to contradict game mechanics, the former two types of referendum are consultative in nature and only become valid if their result is implemented through game mechanics. The latter type of referendum only covers parts of the game that are not already part of in-game variables. |
Proposals
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | |
| yes | Total Seats: 550 | |
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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